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Picture an average family — mom, dad, two kids — on the brink of going hungry right around the holidays. They’re not homeless. In fact, both parents have jobs, but they’re low-paying jobs, which means living paycheck-to-paycheck is the norm. Since money is incredibly tight, mom and dad may skip a meal here and there, […]

When Morgan Guess was 8 years old, she began to be bullied mercilessly by another third grade girl. Mary — what Morgan calls the girl to protect her identity — was new in school, but immediately started tormenting her. She’d pinch Morgan’s neck, pull her hair, she’d even lead her around everywhere. It was like […]

Christine Bischoff grew up in a small southern West Virginia coal town. “Everyone’s dad was a coal miner, and very few people were educated,” Bischoff says. It was the type of place where opportunities were few and far between. There were about six career choices in the whole town. Christine Bischoff. All photos courtesy of […]

When he enrolled in an eighth-grade elective, Seth had no idea it would totally change his life. In fact, he hadn’t expected to take an unusual elective at all — that is, until his dad, a science teacher at his middle school, brought up the idea of Seth taking a class called Unified Leadership, which […]

Being a single parent can be tough. It can be even tougher when you’re coping with serious health issues. Allison Brown and her husband have been separated for some time, but they co-parented their son, Jed, equally up until two years ago. Simultaneously she has antiphospholipid syndrome, which makes her prone to blood clots, and […]

This time last year, the top three most misbehaved boys at Equetta Jones’ elementary school were from the same family. As assistant principal, it fell to Jones to figure out how to solve the problem. Other educators might prescribe detentions, suspensions, extra tutoring help, or even a doctor’s appointment to be evaluated for an attention-deficit […]

Detroit is known for its cars, Motown music, and 8 Mile (the district and the movie). But now, it wants to be known for its dance. And Joori Jung is the woman for the job. When she moved to New York from South Korea to dance, she realized the city wasn’t for her. In a […]

It was the summer of 2017 when a small community in Utah watched in horror as 11 people took their own lives in 11 days. All photos provided by Starbucks. One after the other, the state had been struck with a wave of LGBTQ suicides, shaking the queer and transgender community to its core. “These […]

“I’m good to go” is a phrase that Marines and first responders like Mike Washington are usually all too familiar with. It’s often the knee-jerk response to the call of duty, even if emotionally they’re anything but “good.” “As firefighters, as law enforcement, as military, we try to play that tough image,” explains Washington, a […]

Fourth-grade teacher Amanda Grey used to have the hardest time getting her 27 students to focus in class. They’d slump down in their chairs, tilt backward, and get distracted by any number of things. While you might be thinking this sounds like your average fourth-grader, there was one common thread in their behavior that might’ve […]